Percy bysshe shelley (1August 4, 792-1July 8, 822), a British romantic and democratic poet and writer, was the first socialist poet, novelist, philosopher, essayist and political commentator, reformer, platonist and idealist, and was deeply influenced by utopian socialist thought.

Shelley was born in Wernham near horsham, Sussex, England, and entered Eton College at the age of 12. 18 10 entered Oxford university; On March 25th, 18 1 1 was expelled from Oxford University after less than one year.

181311completed the long narrative poem Queen Mabu; From 18 18 to 18 19, two important long poems, Prometheus Liberated, Thousand Wonders and ode to the west wind, were completed. 1822 died on July 8th.

Artistic feature

Shelley loves fantasy and romance. Therefore, Shelley's poems are always full of magnificent and broad imagination. In his literary work "In Defense of Poetry", he said: "In the ordinary sense, poetry can be defined as the expression of imagination".

Based on this principle of poetry creation, Shelley usually uses a series of bold and magnificent imaginations in his poems to paint a vivid and beautiful picture of social life, which adds endless artistic charm to poetry. It is the superb and extensive imagination that enriches the content of poetry, making it different in style and open in artistic conception.